Crib.



A. F. BENT.

' CRIB.

APPHCATION FILED DEC. 11. 1915.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917'.

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' ARTHUR F. BEliTT, OF .SWAMPSCOTT, IVIASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO G. 'W'. BENT GO.,.

F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

I CRIB;

Application filed December 17, 1915. Serial No. 67,312.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F, BENT, 'a citizen of the United -States,'-and a resident of Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,* have invented an Improvement in Cribs, ofwhich the follow- 7 ing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,

like characters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention relates to metallic 'cribs I for use by children and has for its object to provide a superior crib of simple construction as will be described.

To this end, the crib is provided with a side frame, which is capable of being at tached toand removed from guide rods-attached to the head and foot frames of the crib, substantially in an instant, and without the necessity of moving the guide rods with relation to said head and foot frames, whereby the crib may be assembled and taken down in a minimum time and with the least possible labor, and when assembled the side frame is securely fastened to the head and foot frames against accidental displacement. r a Provision is made for supporting the movable side frame in its operative position.

Provision is also made for preventing displacement of the side frame from its operative position by a child, whilepermitting the side frame to be quickly and easily displaced by an adult. a

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in'the claims at the end of this specification. Figure 1 is a side elevation of a crib embodying this invention.

F'g. 2, a vertical section on the line 2+2, Fig. 1. F ig. 3, a section on the line 33, Fig. 1, and i Fig. 4:, a. section on the line 44, Fig; 1. Referring to the drawing, a, 6, represent the head and foot frames, and 0 the mattress-supporting frame of a metal crib embodying this invention. The frames a, b 0,

may be of any suitable or usual construction, such asnow commonly'used in metal cribs, in which the head and foot frames are de-, tachably secured to the mattress-supporting frame. 0 I

The present invention has for its object to provide the metal crib with side frames,

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

one or both of which is capable of being at tached to and removed from the head and foot frames a, Z), by merely moving said side frame bodily with relation to said head and foot frames, for a purpose as will be described.

In the present instance, only one side frame (Z is shown, which may be of any suitable or desired construction, except as to particulars hereinafter described. The side frame (Z herein shown comprises top and bottom bars or rods 10, 12, which are joined together by vertical rods 13. The rods or bars 10, 12 are provided at their opposite ends with devices for engaging guide rods 14 attached to the head and foot frames. The engaging devices here shown aremade in the form of metal eyes 15 of a diameter sufiiciently large to permit the eyes to slide freely on the guide rods 14, and said eyes are provided with slots 16, which are narrower than :the internal diameter of the eyes 15 and narrower than the external diameter of the guide rods 14, so that when the eyes are fitted upon the guide rods, they are practically locked thereon against disengagement by movement of the eyes laterally or radially with relation to the guide rodsor vice versa, inasmuch as the guiderods are too large to pass through the slots 16in the'eyes. Provision is made for efiecting engagement with and disengagement from the guide rods 14 of the eyes 15, and to this end the guide rods, in the present instance, are provided at their upper ends with horizontal arms 17 having a section or portion 18, which is narrower than the width of the slots 16 in the eyes (see Fig. 3), so that the slotted portion of the eyes can pass by the reduced portion 18 of the arms 17 when the side frame d is lowered into engagement with the guide rods or removed from engagement therewith, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. The guide rods 14 may be provided at their lower ends with horizontal arms 20, which may be left of the full diameter of the guide rods, and serve as rests for the side frame in the lowered position of the latter as will be described.

By reference to Fig. 4:, it will be observed that the lower arm 20 of the guide rod 1 1 far enough, the lower eyes may rest on the arms 20.

The horizontal arms 17,120, of the guide rods are attached to the head and foot frames (5, b, in any suitable manner, and, if desired, maybe permanently fastened thereto.

Provision is made for supporting the removable side frame in its operative position, and in the present instance the side bar of the mattress-supporting frame has riveted or otherwise attached to it a bracket 21 having arms 22, 23, which are spaced apart to form an opening 2%, through which the bottom horizontal rod 12 of the side frame may be passed into a socket formed by said arms, and rest upon the bracket. The arm 23 is made longer than the arm 22 and is preferably curved to overhang the arm 22 and act as a stop to limit direct upward movement of the side frame, and prevent the latter being disengaged from the guide rods by direct or continuous upward movement, and requiring a lateral movement of the bottom rod of the movable side frame, in order to carry the said. bottomrod out through the, slot 2% so as to clear the stop arm 23.

The lateral movement necessary to clear the arms 22, 23, preferably requires a slight springing of the bottom rod 12, which in turn calls for greater strength than that possessed by a child, consequently when the movable side frame is in its operative position shown in Fig. 1, it is practically locked against vertical movement suliicient to disengage it from the guide rods by the child using the crib.

hen, however, it is desired to take down the crib, an adult or other person possessing the desired strength, can move the bottom bar of the side frame through the slot is and lift the side frame sufficiently to; clear the stop arm 23, after which the pull on the bottom rod is diminished and the latter springs back into its normal position in line with the guide rods, whereupon the side frame can be slid up off of the guide rods.

If it is desired to'lower the side frame from its operative position, the bottom rod 12 is moved laterally until it clears the lower arm 22 of the bracket, and the side frame is then allowed to slide down on the guide rods until the eyes attached to the bottom rod 12 rest upon the lower arms 20 of the guide rods, which position is represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

It will be observed that the side frame is capable of being engaged with and disengaged from the guide rods, without disturb ing the relation of the latter tothe head and foot frames, by bodily movement of the side frame in the direction of the length of the guide rods. and this feature is especially valuable as a time and labor saver, especially Qopies of this patent may be obtained for esser/e for the dealer, as the crib canbe set up by the purchaser and does not require the services of an expert to set it up, as there are no movable parts to handle, except the side frame itself, consequently the dealer is not obliged to send a man to the purchasers house to set up the crib. Furthermore the purchaser can quickly and easily take down the crib when he so desires.

It will also be observed that the crib is free from sharp projections, which are liable to injure the child.

In the present instance, I have shown the device for supporting the movable side frame in its operative position and the stop arm 23 as one piece, but it is not desired to limit the invention in this respecti It may be preferred to have both side frames of the crib made for attachment by bodily movement as above described, and if desired both side frames may be capable of being lowered from their operative position, but it is not desired to limit theinvention in this respect.

I have herein shown one formof devices for engaging the side frame with the guide rods without disturbing the relation of the latter to the head and foot frames, but it is not desired to limit the inventionto the particular construction shown.

Claims:

1. In a metallic crib, in combination, head and foot frames and an interposedmattress supporting frame, guide rods attached to said head and foot frames, a side frame bodily movable on said gnide rods to engage and disengage the side frame with and from said headand foot frames, means attached to said mattress-supporting frame for supporting the side frame in its operative. position, and means attached to the mattresssupporting frame to cause thesiee' frame to be moved laterally in order to be engaged with said supporting means and to prevent removal of said side. frame from said guide rods direct upward movement of said side frame.

2. In a metallic crib, in combinatiomhead and foot frames and an interposed mattresssupporting frame, guide rods attached to said head and foot frames, a side frame bodily movable on-said guide rods to engage and disengage the side frame with and from said head and foot frames, and a bracket attached to said mattress-supporting frame and provided with arms separated to form a slot and the upper of which arms overhangs the lower.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARTHUR F. BENT.

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